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A senator paid ‘twice’ his six-year-old bakery bill. But the math isn’t adding up

By Kristine Millonte Oct 13th
“It was only supposed to be $20”: Dad says his 9-year-old spent $118K on YouTube ads

By Sky Blanton Sep 20th
‘Free money’: TikToker says treating a credit card like a debit card can pay for flights and hotels

By Sky Blanton Sep 14th
Reporter Asks JD Vance About the U.S.’s $40 Trillion Debt. He Blames Biden Instead

By Sanchari Ghosh Aug 21st
The National Debt Just Hit $40 Trillion, and Three Hidden Costs Are About To Gut Americans’ Monthly Budgets

By Terrina Jairaj Aug 21st
Her Mother Tried Forcing Her to Pay Bills in the House. She Suggested a Third Option: ‘You Would Send Your Mama to Jail?’

By Vanessa Esguerra Aug 6th
Texas Woman Checks Her Student Loan Account and Sees Her Payment Is About To Jump From $23 to $300: ‘I Feel Like They’re All Threatening Us’

By Teresia Gray Jul 17th
The Education Department Is Slashing Student Loan Interest Rates, but You Need to Meet One Specific Deadline to See the Savings

By Terrina Jairaj Jun 19th
Gen Z Just Cracked the Housing Code While Millennials Still Rent. Here’s the Brutal Savings Hack Trump’s Economy Tried to Kill

By Terrina Jairaj May 18th
Two Democrats Joined House GOP to Not Only Repeal Student Debt Relief But Also Add Retroactive Interest

By Julia Glassman May 25th
Republicans on the Debt Ceiling: We’ve Tried Nothing and We’re All Out of Ideas

By Kate Hudson Mar 28th
SoFi Suing To Restart Student Loan Payments Early, Just in Case You Didn’t Have Enough Weighing on You at the Moment

By Cammy Pedroja Mar 23rd
A Major Crafting Store Just Made a Dangerous Announcement

By D.R. Medlen Jan 21st
First Gen Z Congressman’s Experience Shows the Predatory Housing Market Has No Limits

By D.R. Medlen Dec 12th
Biden Administration Changes Current Deadline of Student Loan Debt Forbearance, Again—Kinda

By Alyssa Shotwell Nov 23rd
Biden Won’t Cancel $50,000 in Student Debt Because It’ll Help TOO MANY People?

By Lyra Hale Feb 18th
This Viral Twitter Thread About the Impossibility of Paying Back Student Loans Is Terrifying

By Kaila Hale-Stern Dec 12th
This Game Show Makes People Compete to Pay Off Their Crushing Student Debt Because Our Dystopia Is Being Televised

By Vivian Kane Jul 12th
Things We Saw Today: Dogs Flown to Orlando to Comfort Survivors

By Jessica Lachenal Jun 14th
John Oliver and Lin-Manuel Miranda Plead for Puerto Rico on Last Week Tonight

By Teresa Jusino Apr 25th